So the citizens, many feeling completely isolated on the eastern edge of a continent that remained largely unexplored, might be excused for fearing the worst.
It is a profitable business with viewers in 117 million homes in 48 "territories" (mainly nation states) across the continent, including eastern Europe.
Even so, dozens of people were reported killed as the waves reached Somalia, on the African continent's eastern tip no less than 6, 000km from the quake's epicentre.
West Africa has suffered less than the eastern or southern parts of the continent, but Burkina Faso is a woeful exception.
Elsewhere on the continent, I expect turbulence to continue in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo and sadly much against all hope I suspect Boko Haram attacks in Nigeria to continue.
Politicians accused the firm of a ploy to make cheap labour from eastern Europe more easily available to McDonald's managers across the continent.
In short, central and eastern Europe, whose nations once championed a strong relationship between their continent and America, could quickly become introverted, isolated and unhelpful.
Dieback was first recorded in eastern Europe in 1992 and spread over two decades to infect most of the continent.
Only a handful of countries in eastern Europe were affected, but the sense of insecurity spread right across the continent.
Ash dieback was first recorded in eastern Europe in 1992 and spread over two decades to infect most of the continent.
Dieback, caused by the Chalara fraxinea fungus, was first recorded in eastern Europe in 1992 and spread over two decades to infect most of the continent.
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